White Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells Fabricated Using Energy Donor and Acceptor Fluorescent π-Conjugated Polymers Based on Concepts of Band-Structure Engineering

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 52, 2015, Pages 28701-28710

  Nishikitani, Yoshinori ^a   Takizawa, Daisuke ^a   Nishide, Hiroyuki ^a   Uchida, Soichi ^b   Nishimura, Suzushi ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ENERGY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BAND STRUCTURE; BLENDING; CELL ENGINEERING; CITRUS FRUITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; ETHYLENE; EXCITONS; FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MIXING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84953731646     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08547     Document Type: Article

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